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WMU's Suicide Prevention Program does not provide counseling services. If you are thinking about suicide or hurting yourself, or if someone you know is seriously thinking about suicide, please seek help. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. call Sindecuse Counseling Services at (269) 387-1850. After hours, call (800) 273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention lifeline - available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is answered locally.

Presentations

Western Michigan University's Campuswide Suicide Prevention Program offers many opportunities for you to gain awareness about the prevalence and impact of suicide, and learn how you may be able to prevent suicide.

Reading list

We've compiled a reading list to use that supports the themes of resilience and connectedness shared at these workshops.

Poem

A New Day (My Testimony) Ms. Regina Stone

Beat meets sound word meets rhyme music meets lyrics Lost Life unfolds Paths divide into paths Divide into roads Misplaced Where to go Roads curve to mold Accept that God knows Where they fork His blessings still flow So take good notes and ride slow

Foresight tougher than hindsight Energy provides insight into his sight Whose sight sees My plight Showing my light Welcoming And bright While I fight Standing for what’s right Seeking enlightenment Through that element Significant in another Vision so intricate Connection explicit Though very delicate My persona so elegant Judgment of others irrelevant

Acknowledgement A Holistic view philosophizing Analyzing In depth who’s what to who my meaning to you Whether the answer is true Sharing a connection with few Unfamiliar and new Asking what do I do?

Striving to avoid stress able to impress Same time express My thoughts through my mess Not seem helpless Nor hopeless I obsess Because I feel oppressed And suppressed In Michigan so racist and sexist None the less The entire US

I continue to fight tough Speak rough is that enough Of a bluff To stay up When feeling weighed down After being laid down Refusing to stay down Down by lack of understanding Down by peoples demanding Down by niggas rough handling Demeaning Not seeing My meaning Or supporting My being Down Down Beaten down Down Broken down Down Deep and down Down but not dominated Down but not diminished Down but not out

Love conquers fear Fear feeds fury Annihilated by discovery Crucial in my recovery Put no one above Thee As I bow down on one knee To see that God truly has me He knows me Freed me and showed me There is only one me Sounds of His pride echo Unmistakably unshakably Taking me To find the new me His me The true me Truly Free That’s Me